Curtin & Heefner Attorney Jordan Yeager Appointed to Several Leadership Positions

March 9, 2011 - PRLog -- DOYLESTOWN, PA – Jordan B. Yeager, an Employment & Public Sector Section Partner with Bucks County law firm Curtin & Heefner LLP, has been appointed to several leadership positions with organizations in the Philadelphia area. Yeager will serve on the Board of Directors of the Cornell Club of Greater Philadelphia, the Agricultural Security Advisory Council of Doylestown Township, Pa. (a reappointment), as Solicitor to the Morrisville Borough Zoning Hearing Board, as Solicitor to Nockamixon Township and as Labor Counsel to Falls Township, Pa.

Yeager focuses his practice on employment law, land use law, municipal law and federal civil rights litigation. He has served as Solicitor and Special Counsel to municipal governments, with an emphasis on labor, employment, zoning, land use and civil rights litigation. He represents public and private sector employers and employees in all aspects of labor and employment law, including counseling, negotiations, arbitration, litigation, trials and appeals. Yeager also advises municipal governments, community associations, non-profits and individual property owners in connection with land use and environmental matters, including issues relating to gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale formation. Yeager litigates zoning, DEP permitting, and environmental claims in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies.

“I am proud to follow Curtin & Heefner’s tradition of community service and government leadership,” said Yeager. “Curtin & Heefner enjoys a long history of leadership within the profession, the region, and local, state and federal government. Our history of service is central to the practice of law at our firm.”

Yeager has been a frequent lecturer on employment law, land use, and civil rights matters. Prior to joining Curtin & Heefner, he was in private practice with his own public interest law firm, Boockvar & Yeager.

Yeager was named by American Lawyer Media as a Lawyer on the Fast Track in 2006. He currently serves as Solicitor to the Bucks County Democratic Committee and has served as legal counsel to the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, as well as numerous federal, state and local campaigns. Yeager is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia.


About Curtin & Heefner LLP

One of Pennsylvania’s oldest law firms, Curtin & Heefner LLP is a regional law firm with offices in Morrisville and Doylestown, Pa., and Lawrenceville, N.J. Ranked in size among the Top 100 Law Firms in Pennsylvania, Curtin & Heefner LLP represents clients throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The firm has an extensive practice that includes Business and Municipal Finance, Estates, Trusts and Tax, Real Estate, Commercial Litigation, Banking, Creditors’ Rights, Personal Injury, Bad Faith and Insurance Defense Litigation, Employment and Public Sector, and Disability Law. Curtin & Heefner LLP enjoys a distinguished legacy of leadership within the legal profession, various facets of government and national and regional organizations and associations. To learn more about Curtin & Heefner LLP, please visit www.curtinheefner.com.

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